Gazette Archive: Movers & Shakers

Posted: May 21, 2009 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

Mason employees are doing their part to support the state’s initiative to have 20 percent of eligible Virginia state employees teleworking by 2010. Since the inception of a formal flexible work policy in 2002 initiated by Mason’s Office of Human Resources and Payroll (HR), hundreds of Mason employees have taken advantage of the opportunity.

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

The idea of a physics professor becoming an arts entrepreneur may seem odd. But Paul So’s interest in the arts dates back to his college days at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., where he received a studio art degree while pursuing a bachelor of science in physics at Harvey Mudd College.

Posted: May 8, 2009 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

Faced with a pool of many outstanding supervisors, the Staff Senate couldn’t choose just one for the spring award presentation. So for the second time ever, the senate chose two: Susan Ridley, office manager in the Psychology Department, and Richard Wood, general manager and executive producer of GMU-TV.

Posted: May 5, 2009 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

Among the many benefits of working at Mason is a tuition waiver for full and part-time faculty and staff. Some Mason employees have used the benefit to take a few courses for professional growth, but others have used the benefit to earn a degree or finish a degree.

“Mason is pleased to support the professional development of our faculty and staff through tuition waiver opportunities,” says Linda Harber, associate vice president for Human Resources and Payroll.

Posted: May 1, 2009 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

As a research specialist for the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM), Amy VanMeter, the May Employee of the Month, is described by her colleagues as an “independent, creative and rigorous scientist.”